The UN's behavior is nothing new - it's pretty much always been this way.
It's the United NATIONS - it is concerned with states and govts, the majority of which are totalitarian. The individual rights frosting is full of weasel words and is basically intended to give regimes that kill their citizens the ability to point to other countries and say "they're doing bad too".
The UN has, however, become more effective at random corruption.
Yes, the UN had some role in reducing smallpox. We can argue about that would have happened faster and with less cost if the UN hadn't been involved.
Perhaps the UN's greatest sin is that it sets things up so basically decent countries like the Netherlands become involved in atrocities. Then again, the Dutch still support the UN, so ....
It's the United NATIONS - it is concerned with states and govts, the majority of which are totalitarian. The individual rights frosting is full of weasel words and is basically intended to give regimes that kill their citizens the ability to point to other countries and say "they're doing bad too".
The UN has, however, become more effective at random corruption.
Yes, the UN had some role in reducing smallpox. We can argue about that would have happened faster and with less cost if the UN hadn't been involved.
Perhaps the UN's greatest sin is that it sets things up so basically decent countries like the Netherlands become involved in atrocities. Then again, the Dutch still support the UN, so ....